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Monday, August 4, 2008

Tisha b'Av - Seating

Hi,

On the night of Tisha b'Av, as well as Tisha b'Av morning, we do not sit on regular chairs; we sit, as mourners, on low stools or on the floor.

This practice continues until midday on the day of Tisha b'Av, at which point the mourning lessens; this is the time when the Temple itself began to burn and be destroyed, showing that Gd had chosen to spare the lives of many thousands of Jews.